The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBO ROUGH- STREET. THE HAYMARKET AGAlN.—Herry Isaacson, clerk, 40, Norfolk street, Strand, was charged before Mr. Knox with behaving in a disorderly manner in Norris-street and the Haymarket. Staines, 123 C, said that at an early hour that morning he heard a great disturbance in the Heymarket, and saw the defendant there with two friends who were trying to get him away. He requested the defendant, who had been fighting, to go away, but he refused, and got his legs be tween his (Staines') and threw him down, and then struck him on the breast. :Mr. Knox asked whether there was any repetition of the conduct of the previous night in the Haymarket. Inspector Silverton said there was, and he had to send for the picket to take away a soldier. There was a large num b^r of persons there, and a good many young gentlemen. He had to remain on duty in the Haymarket for nearly two hours. The defendant said that what had been said was truo. lie had been drinking, and was not in the place more than five minutes, and he was sorry for what had occurred. Staines said he did not think the defendant threw him wilfully. Mr. Knox, after stating that the defendant had said the best thing he could—that he was sorry for it—and advised him to keep from the Haymarket, fined him 10s. or 7 days. IVIONEY MARKET AND COMEZECIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. About £52,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, but 40,000 sovereigns were with drawn for exportation to the East. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchange, yesterday afternoon. The bar silver by the West India packet has been sold at ss. 11d. per oz., being rather higher than the price recently obtained. This improvement has been produced by the advance just telegraphed from Bombay. Since Monday last the specie movement has been of a very extensive character, the imports having amounted to £1,370,300, while the exports have only reached £413,300. There is no new feature in the general discount market, and the demand for accommodation con tinues moderately active, but there is also a good supply of capital. The charges for first class bills range from 51 to 6 per cent., and no further con cessions are expected until after the distribution of the April dividends on New Threes, Reduced, &c. A call of Lo per share, payable on the let pros., has been made by the directors of the Standard Bank of British South Africa. The directors of the Credit Mobilier (Limited) have notified that, notwithstanding the receipt of three times the number of applications for shares than were to be issued, an allotment has been made to each subscriber. The Bolivian Government has appeared in this market for a 7 per cent. loan, amounting to £ 1 ,500,000, of which £500,000 is reserved till next Sear. The bonds are to be emitted in sums of £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO each, redeemable at par in 25 years by an accumulating sinking fund commencing at 2 per cent, on the 15th March, 1866. The opLTa• tion is brought forward by the London and County Bank, and the proceeds are to be applied strictly to industrial purposes—viz., the formation of a credit establishment at Potosi, to assist exclusively the mining interests of the State, to the con struction of bridges, roads, and other public works, with v iew to develops the vast mineral wealth, the guano trade and the commercial resourcesof the country generally. For the due payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal the Government of the Republic have specially hypo thecated the proceeds of the guano deposits, as well as the revenues accruing trom the customs of the port of Cobija and the towns of Oruro and La Pay. 0 IA? Republi c h as no externa l d e b t, an d i ts i nternal igati °na are stated not to exceed half a million sterling, and this the Government intend to extin• guish next year by the remaining issue (X 500,000) of this loan. The subscriptions can be made in the following instalments :—XS on application, £lO on allotment, £lO on 15th April, £l5 on 16th May, £lO on 15th rune, £l5 on 15th July, £l5 on 15th August, and £8 —less the dividend of 3,1 per cent. ----on 15th September. Discount at the rate of 5 per cent. will be allowed for prepayments in full. The quotation at the Stock Exchange this morning is 1 2 prem, The shares of the Dutch Tramway Company Were in demanil early in the day at 11 prem., and closed at 2 prem. The prospectus of Silver's India-rubber Works and Telegraph Cable Company (Limited) has been Put before the public, and, to all appearance, on a very sound footing. The capital is to be £500,000 in 10,000 shares of £5O each, of which 5,000 is to be a first issue, £2 per share is to be paid on appli cation, and £3 on allotment, of which a considerable Proportion have already been subscribed for. 'the Works are already well and favourably known, and but little doubt can be entertained that, with the influence of the important board of directors, whose names will be at once recognised as gentlemen of sta nding, these hitherto successful works wi.l Vapidly expand. Not the least guarantee of this is the fact that Messrs. Slyer and Co. will remain identified with the extended operations of the company. A company has been formed for effectively carry- Ing out and extending Bonelli's Electric Telegraph. The capital is to be £250,000, of which £25,t►00 forms the original capital of the company. Under the proposed new management there will be a fur ther issue of £225,000, in 22,500 share of 110 each. The deposit to be 11 on application, and £1 on al lotment. We may notice that a line has been already established between Manchester and Liver pool, the working of which proves to demonstra tion the excellence of Bonelli's method over that of other telegraphic systems, and the names of the gentlemen who form the Directory are guarantee that full scope shall be given to the working of it out. Arrangements have been made to acquire the patent right for the United Kingdom, as also to meet the great expenditure necessary to carry out the extensive operations which are pro posed. It is intended by this company to reduce the tariff of charge for messages to a uniform rate of sixpence for the usual 20 words. The typo-electrical instrument possesses peculiar advantages —among others the printing of each message in the very act of transmission, and also the greater celerity with which communications may be forwarded. The ex periments which have been already made so success fully show the great value and importance which must attach the commercial world, more especially, to the operations of this important company. The shares of the Frontino and Boling Gold Mining Company were in demand at and 1 prem. O'CLOCK. At the P ar i s B ourse this day, acco Two rding to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Relates opened at 66.10 66,05. Very flat. The English Stock Market presents renewed Indications of heaviness, and the funds have de clined another t per cent. This downward ten dency is produced by sales in realisation of profits, there being an absence of unfavourable rumours, and not much business in progress. Console are O 1 2- for money, and 91 a 4 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced are 898 I; Ex chequer Bills, 94. 3s. dis.; and India 5 per Cents., 104 a. Tilers has also been leas buoyancy in the Foreign Iklarket, an d b us i ness has been very much curtailed. 'Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are • 71 711 ; ditto Consolides, 53,1 i ; Greek, 23 1 241 ; ditto Coupons, 1 4 ; Mexican, 44-1 i ; Spanish Passive, 35:1 36; ditto Certificates, 13A 1 ; Portuguese, 481,- t ; Italian, 67 k Z; and the Confederate Loan, 51 53. hav Title op erat i ons in the Railway Share Market e been li m i ted, and in a few instances prices hav e shown less firmness. Great Eastern, Great Western Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Southand East ern h ave each declined 5s ; while Great Northern A stock, and Landon and Brighton have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain i nact i ve i previous rates. Baulc and Miscellaneous Shares generally sup- Port previous quotations. Alliance Bink realise SALE OF MR. THACKERAY'S LlBRARY.—Yester day, the third and last day of the sale of Mr. Thackeray's effects, the library of the deceased gentleman, was put up to auction. There was a very numerous atten dance of ladies end gentlemen connected with literature and the fine arts. The books were put up in 326 lots, and were in number about 5,000 vols. They were of the most miscel laneous description, and many of them sold for very high prices. A few were very rare, and found a bidding propor tionately high. The following is a list of the principal books sold, with the prices annexed :—"Ai nsworth'e Latin Dictio n ary," with autograph, W. M. Thackeray, Charter House, July, 1827," £4 15s, "Biographic Universelle Ancienne et iloderne," 52 vols., Paris, £B. "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, presentation copy, inscribed "W. M. Thackeray, from Charles Dickens, whom he had made very happy a long way from home." For this little book, an ordi nary copy ot Mr. Dickens's story, there was an exciting com petition, and it was at length sold for 425 108. Chastellux (Marquis de) "Travels in North America," with autograph of Washington (1787). £1 10s. "Coruhill Magazine," from January, 1860, to June, 1862, 5 volumes, in red morocco, £8 12s 6d ; ditto, in green ditto, LS% De Quincey ( Memo), " Selections, Grave and Gay" (14), Edinburgh, in date, £5 108. Brontsi (Charlotte), " Vil lette," 3 vols , a presentation copy, £5 ss. "The Gentle man's Magazine," from commencement in 1731 to 1827, 112 vols., £ll. " Herudoti Historiarum Libri IX Cure," T. Genitor& with an autograph of Mr. Thackeray, £6. "Homed Odyssea cam Schollis Veteribus," and auto graph, £3 10s. " A Course of Mathematics," by C. Hutton, with an autograph of Mr. Thackeray (1806) £3 103. " Liai sons Dangereuses (1788), recueillies dans tine Societe ;" ditto, " Recueil des Faceties Parisiennes (1760) £3 10s. " Memoirs pour servir a l'Histoire de France de puis le XIIIe • Siee.l6 jusqu'a la Fin du XVIIe," 33 vols., Paris, 1837, £6. "The Midnight Spy ; or, a View of the Transactions of London and Westminster from the Hours of Ten in the Evening till Five in the Morning" (1756), £2 4e. Paine's "Common Sense," addressed. to the inhabitants of America (1792), £2 2s. Rabe,ais (F.), "Works, translated and illustrated by M. Laduchat," 4 vols., £1 ss. " Shakspere," the text re vised by the Rev, Alexander Dyce, 6 vols. (1857), £3 10s. Thackeray (Rev. F.), " Researches into the Ecclesiastical and Political State of Ancient Britain," 2 vols., £l. " Walpole's Letters," edited by Peter Cunningham, pre sentation copy, £3 5.9. " The Bloody Register; a Select and Judicious Collection of the most remarkable Trials for Murder, Treason, Rape, Highway Robbery, and Piracy, from the year 1700 to 1764," 4 vols., £4 17s 6d. " Wieland's Poetische Work," 49 vols , 1 eipsig, 1818, £1 18s. Quartos : " Froissart's Chronicles," translated from the original by Lord Berners, reprinted from Pynson's edi tions of 1523 and 1525, 2 vols., 41 15. " Worcsster's Dic tionary of the English Language," presentation copy, Bos ton, 1860, £ll7s. Punch, V Ws. I. to XXII,, Vols. XXXI. XXXII., XXXVII., XXXVIII., and XLI. to XLIV., bound in 15 vols., and 1 vol. of 1850, £3 4s. Richard Doyle's Foreign "Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and Robinson," 1854, £1 3s. There were some curious old folios, consisting p incipally of engravings in outline, and plates coloured and plain. 1 he meet remai kable of these was a volume, "Monthly Masks of Vocal Musick, containing all the choices Songs by the best Masters," Dr. Kitchener's copy, £2 68. The" Spec tator," Nos. Ito 200, 3 vuls., £1 " Laiger : 160 Carica tures, from 1782 to 1810, arranged chronologically, and marked with Names," £2 ss. " Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la Fin du Dix- huitieme Siècle," twenty-eight plates, by Moreau Neuwied, 1789, £2. Doyle (R.), "Ye Manners and Ye Customs of ye Englisho," £1 13s. Ditto, " Selections from Rejected Cartoons," with descriptive letter-press and critical remarks, presentation copy, £1 14s. There were a great number of books, in cluding cases of French novels, magazines, miscelleneous works, and ephemeral papers, which were eagerly bid for by the dealers?, and call for no particular description. It is reported, upon good authority, that the murderer Townley has been put to the trade of a weaver, in the Model Prison of Pentonville.--.Derby . Mercury. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mine pm., and etohmlarte v sort g exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 s t er li ng . O n i n these rates with the English Mint price ot S 3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. 49/ ; Imperial Bank, 341 35 ; Metropolitan and Provincial, 25 26; New Zealand, 11 .; City Offices shares are quoted 31 4 prem. ; Queens land Sheep, /to 1 prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 1 prem. ; Credit Foncier, 4 41 prem. ; Financial Cor poration, 2; 3 prem. ; National Marine Insurance Company, 111 prem. ; Imperial Financial, 4-2- pretn.; Thames Iro❑ Shipbuilding, 3 31 prem.; the 7 per Cent. Bolivian Loan, 1 to 11 prem.; North Aus tralian Company, 11 prem.; Central Argentine Railway, lk to 1 prem.; London and Liverpool Hotel, 11 2 prem.; London Gas Metre Company, prem.; Fore Street Warehouse, 51 6 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 3 per Cent. Iteduced New 3 per Cent - 894 I ~e w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891.. Allanlies, 30 yrs, expire , - ;t11 Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. 7 3 dis Ditto £SOO Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr. shut INDI CS' GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account..., ) Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct lBBB.. . Do Certificates - Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872. lO4 Ditco 61 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 atto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent -- Ditto, 1839 and 1869 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, £55 paid Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO/ Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lla Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway ; 74/ Aexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account. — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto .5 per Cent, 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent - Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Accoun` Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 71 701 la 1 Ditto, £lOO Bonds 7ll 1 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 pet Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Loud 64. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account 671 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto April Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Alarket quiet, but firm. Sales about 6,000 bales or more. Imports, 13287. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. This board met as usual yesterday, at the offices in Spring-gardens ; the President, J. Thwaites, Esq., took the chair at twelve o'clock. FINANCE. The cash statement for the current week shows a tot& general balance of £188,797 12s 44. EXTENSION OF THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY Mr. LONG introduced a deputation from the inhabitants of Skoreditch, praying the board to oppose the extension of the line from Shoreditch to Wormwood-street, The views of the memorialists were that it the work were carried out it would necessarily involve the destruction of a large amount of property, and wonld do more harm than good. Referred to the Streets Committee for consideration and report. YMPROVEMENT OF NEWGATE• STREET. A:report was brought up from the Works and Improve ment Committee, recommending (among other things) that the board do contribute the sum of £3,058 10s, being one half the cost of effecting a public improvement in Newgate • street, to be carried out by the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London, by laying into the public way so much of the sites of the houses, Nos. 67 to 70, inclusive, in that street, as is shown on the plan accompanying the memorial, at an estimated cost of £6,117 exclusive of professional charges ; and that such amount be pa d to the Commission ers of Sewers of the city of London, oz.i a certificate from the architect of this board of the completion of the work. After considerable discussion and several divisions, it was eventually decided by th 3 casting vote of the chairman that the amount to be contributed should be £2,500. The routine business having been disposed of, the board adjourned. St rll, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1864. SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOW IS. Share Railways. p aid. ; Closing 1 Business I Price. , done. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Ilost.,Sleat,andMid.Co all 51 9 st Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lOO 1181 1191 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 6 7 10 Do A 10 Do. B A trots no div ,all — till 6p c.p an.has t ~" _ bee paio B.!) 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno.' all 35 37 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' all 16 17 at 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 91 93 at !Glasg. and S. Western. ' lOO 101 1( 6 at IGreatEastern, Ord. titk , 100 47 8 474 f st Ditto A stock i 100 -- et Ditto Eastanglian st, l 100 61 71 at GreatNorthot Scotland L I 100 st (Great Northern... I 100 127 128 at Do A stock at Do Bdo st Gt. S. an IW. of Irelan i 100 93 95 st Great Western .... . . at Do Str Val gua. stook 100 at Lancashae & Yorkshire 160 1 , 95 110 at London and Blackwall 100 68 70 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, 100 , 103 101 104 4 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 42 4 4 .- l1 st Lon. & Norib Western 100 , 1084 1081 1081 4 at Lon. & Str.th Western 100 ' 98 100 98 at !Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 52 63 531 2f 50 ;Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Dot shares... . all et Metropolitan a ll 1111 1121 1121 1 at Midland Do New at Do Firming. & Derby 100 96 98 981 50 Mild. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent ... all 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 26 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1001 1011 101 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 a at Do Leeds lOO 55i SVI at Do York at Do Carlisle.. at 'North London 10 I Do New 5 1 2 p , 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 'N. and S. W. Junction all 111 111 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 4,, 44 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpoo; all at 'Shropshire Union st South Devon lOO 34 86 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 98 101 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all di 91 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 38 25 Do l7 91 10 0 25 Do New, 1866 lO 7 8 i, at Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 7 10 Do C 3 3 t p 30 Ulster 20 Do 12.10 , Do 54 at Vale of Neath ,t Victoria stn. and Pim lOO I at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 22 24 st W. Hartlepool liar,&R lOO at West Midland -Oxford 100 at I Do Newport 100 -,... .. at Do Ileretordl 100 THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE, (This Day, ) The never-ceasing wheel of time has brought round another University Boat Race, and we believe there never has been one that has created more excitement than the present, nor in which there has been either a greater amount of money speculated, or the odds have more fluctuated. The love of the English for aquatic sports in this our seagirt isle is a striking trait in their character, and the penchant has been fostered by the esta blishment awl wide increase of rowing clubs amongst the 'people of every position and denomination. When the University race first commenced, rowing at the Universities was in its infancy compared with its present maturity; it was not then as it is now. It was considered enough to bring them into competition now and then, but not yearly. There was a gap of seven years between the first and second matches, and three more before they again entered the lists, and a corresponding time afterwards, but for the last 10 years it has been annual. Its attractions were at first insignificant, but the most cursory reference to the contests of later years must show the interest and importance that have gradually grown with its growth and strengthened with its strength. To not only the old University men and the public at large is this peculiarly a matter of excitement and interest, but it is anticipated with mingled feelings of anxiety and pleasure by the crews themselves—notwithstanding the severe training and enormous self-denial to which they are subjected, and talked of with pride and admiration in after life, to the latest period, by its heroes. In the revolutions of time there have been exactly 20 contests between the sister universities, In the first 9 of these, extending over a period of 20 years from 1829 to 1849, Cambridge won 7, but latterly fortune has smiled upon their opponents, and in the last 11 years, including the three last, Oxford has achieved 8 victories to 3 of Cambridge ; so it will be seen that the present race was to determine out of the whole which was the winner, and the anxiety which has been manifested during the past week, and the larg e attendance at Putney, conclusively attest the interes t which was taken in the result. The following were the gentlemen composing crews : OXFORD. st lb C. P. Roberts, Trinity W. Awdry, B F. H. Kelley, University J. C. Parson, Trinity W. B. Jacobson, Christ Church l2 4 A. E. Seymour, Tlniversity ... M. Brown, Trinity D. Pocklington,•Brasenose C. R. Tottenham, Christ Church (cox) EXPERIMENTS AT SUOEBURYNESS, Another theoretical novelty in the way of targets was tested at this practice-ground on Wednesday, and, like most of the extraordinary novelties that are brought there, was proved to be utterly worth less in two shots. The target was one composed of compressed wool, made after Mr. Nasmyth's plan, that gentleman, and a very large number of others also, entertaining a confident opinion that a good thickness of wool when pressed tight would offer an amount of resistance to shot which, if not sufficient to keep it out altogether, was, at least, certain to be enough to - justify the Government in making experimental inquiries on the subject. We do not know, even if the discovery had been success ful, how it was proposed to utilise it—how, for in stance, to recolt onr ironsides with 10 or 12 feet of pressed wool, or how to apply so bulky end cum brous an appliance in any way. Fortun t.cly there is no necessity for considering such embarrassing speculation now, inasmuch as the experiment of Wednesday proved the wool to be rather more per meable to shot than almost any other novelty that has yet been fired at. A very few words is suffi• cient to tell the result. The target, if we may so call it, was a wrought iron tube, like a boiler or iron funnel, open at both ends,loft. in diameter and about 11ft• long. The wool part of the target was con structed by tilting this on end and filling it with wool as tightly as men could trample it down till the cylin der was full. It was then laid on its side fronting the gun, so as to present the appearance of a large white circular target or drum, 10ft. in diameter and lift. thick of solid wool. The first shot was fired from the Armstrong 100.poun der:with a 101 b charge, and this not only passed through the target from end to end, but buried itself i❑ the earth behind. A second shot was fired from the 68-pounder, with the usual service charge, and this also went through, burying itself in the bank, and as a means of re sistance the target was such a palpable and utter failure that even Mr. Nasmyth was satisfied with these two shots, and concurred in the uselessness of firing any more. The result exactly fulfilled the anticipations of the Iron-plate and Ordnance Com. mittees, who, however, concurred in the propriety of trying the experiment, for the sake of exploding and putting an end to the theory for ever. One would think, however, that the extensive and ex pensive experience the Government have had of the value of these new theories would by this time have given them sufficient confidence to say " No" to experiments with any further crotchets except at the inventor's own expense. An infinitely more curious and important ex periment took place at Shoeburyness last week, to test the powers of the greatest gun yet forged by Sir William Armstrong against oue of the thickest plates which Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s eminent firm have yet produced for actual armour plating. The gun was the celebrated Big Will, the 600 pounder, about which so many canards have been in circulation as to its having given way at the breech, &c., for all of which there has not been the slightest foundation. This magnificent piece of ord nance has only been fired 20 times, each time with the most prodigious result, and after the great ex periment of Thursday it was as perfect inside and out as the day it left the factory at Elswick. The mass of iron, for it can hardly be called a plate, against which it was tried on Thurs. day, was no less than eleven inches in thickness — a sample of one of the many of the same enormous strength made by Messrs. Brown and Co. for the Russian Government to plate the sea faces of some of the most important and most exposed of the Crenstadt forts. According to the theory of the Iron-plate Committee, that the strength of an iron plate increases as the square of its thickness, the 11-inch mass tried on Thursday was equal in strength to no less than six plates of the famous Warrior target ; yet, before the experiment com menced not the slightest doubt was entertained that the 6JO-pounder would utterly smash if the fired with a 6001 b. shot. The real interest of the experiment consisted in ascertaining—first, whe ther the same destructive result would be gained by using the gun as a smooth-bore with a steel shot of half the weight; secondly, how the gun would stand the tremendous charge of 901bs. of powder ; and, thirdly, whether the fracture of the plate would show that even Messrs. Brown could manufacture one of 11 inches in thickness perfect throbghout. These were the three points really at issue, and the solution of these was looked forward to with keen interest by all the officers on the ground. The first and only shot, we are happy to say, settled them a 11 in the most satisfactory manner, and proved the enormous advantage of steel shot, the strength of the gun, and the excellent manufacture of the plate. The plate or slab of iron was four feet long by three and a half wide, and was unimpaired in its strength by a single bolt hole or fastening. It was held up vertically against two 12 inch beams of solid oak, to which it was fastened by railway iron passing up its face on either side. Behind it, and in support of the oak beams, was the Fairbairn target of 5 inch plates and a 1 inch inner skin, with the usual massive framework of iron rib beams. This target, however, did not support the plate to be fired at, but only the beams of olk which held it in its position. There was an interval of 12 inches be- twe en the plate and the Fairbairn target, which was left purposely that the former might do its own work if it could unaided. The proceedings were commenced by firing two cast iron round shot of 300 lb. weight, levelled at 200 yards' range, against a " dummy" target placed close alongside the 11 inch plate, for the purpose of determining Vie exact degree of elevation to be given to the gun. Both these were fired with the enormous charge of 901 b. of powder. Such charges even with 600 pounders would not be used in actual warfare, and for experimental purposes like that of Thursday were objectionable, as it seemed to make it almost as much an effort to destroy the gun as the target. To load " Big Will" with a sack of powder, such as two men could scarcely lift into the muazle—sach a sackful as it was never built to withstand, and such as it would not be loaded with in service —seemed, as an experiment, almost childish. The gun stood it perfectly to all outward seem• ing ; but those conversant with the nature of wrought iron know very well that the piece is so much the worse for the ordeal through which it has now been forced, and that they have, if any- thing, less confidence in " Big Will" after such a straining than they had before it was tested at all. Our system of testing wrought•iron guns is con demned without an exception by the Artillery officers of all other nations in the world. The pre- cise range having been ascertained" Big Will" was again stuffed with a sackful of powder, but, instead of a cast-iron projectile, was loaded with a steel round shot of 3441 b. weight, and levelled against the target. This shot struck the very centre of the plate with a terrible crash, at a velocity of 1,560 feet, and at one blow closed the experiments of the day. Nothing further remained to be accomplished, for the target was gone. Never, probably has a more tremendous blow been struck by human agency. The mass of steel driN en by the tremendous charge of powder must have struck the target with a power inconceivable, for everything went down before it. The solid oak beams behind the plate were crushed into splinters, and the plate itself hurled bodily back against the Fairbairn target and split into two pieces, one huge piece being flung away to the right and the other to the left, and all this before the shot had time to penetrate to a greater depth than 41 inches. The 11-inch plate, i❑ fact, had not snffi- cient stability even to receive the blow aimed at it; it was torn apart by the tremendous force with which it was jammed against the Fdirbairn target behind, and an examination of the fracture showed hat its manufacture was admirable. Fourteen feet in front of the target lay the ateel shot, much flattened and cracked, bt►t evidently as good meta! of its kind as Mr. Brown's plate itself. A close examination of the gun was next made by the Inspector of Artillery, and it was found : 0 ba wholly uninjured. Notwithstanding he use of steel round shot in a rifled gun, the grooves of the rifling remained as Sharp and fine as ever, and only one feeling seemed to be entertained on the ground as to the strength of the gun and the excellence of the plates. Our readers may, perhaps, ask what further moth ficatins or htinges are denoted by this_experiment, I either in our ironclads or our artillery. We fear that, BS far as a pratical result is concerned, the experiment is absolutely worthless, except as showing that Messrs. Brown and Co. can make an 11-inch plate as perfect as their 52-inch plates, and that the 600 pounder will utterly destroy the most perfect 11 inch plate that can be made. Unfortunately, however, 11-inch plates are not wanted for our ironclads, be cause they cannot carry them, and still more unfor tunately, the 600 pounder which can destroy them is not in our service. The 600 pounder at Shoe buryness is only an "experimental" gun —so called, we presume, from the fact that no experiments worth speaking of have been undertaken with it, and that, though it has been rustin t , : on the beach at Shoeburyness since last April, only '4.'o rounds have been fired from it in a year. What the ii vari will de stroy is pretty well known, but what the gun will endure before it is itaelf destroyed no one seems to know, cr care about knowing. And it is this very question of the life of these large guns--that is, the number of effective rounds they will fire, not the number of destructive charges which they can be made to take before breaking, which the country ought to see solved. The stereotyped answer of the Government to all complaints about the want of effi cient artillery is that more of these great guns can not be ordered till their powers of endurance are known. Yet this 600 pounder—their best gun—has beer now a whole year at Shoeburyness without even an attempt to ascertain the number of rounds it will stand. It is the same with the 300 pounders. Where are the big guns which have alone proved really efficient against thick iron plates? Where are these 300 pounders, one shot from which has never failed to smash the strongest experimental naval target at Shoeburyness, against which even salvoes of 68 pounders and 110 pounders were fired in vain ? There are two on board the i4unnery•ship Excellent at Portsmouth, one or two at Shoebury ness, another on board the Royal Sovereign cupola ship,and about eight unrifled, and without even car riages, in store at the Arsenal. It cannet be ima gined that the Admiralty really believe in the po tency of their old guns, or even in the Duke of Somerset's 100 pounder Armstrong smooth bores, for the successful attack of iron-plated vessels such as now exist. Oae 300 pounder is to be preferred to a whole broadside of such guns, and one 600 pounder is vastly superior in destructive Effect io many 300 pounders. Those powerful guns are good for something or good for nothing. The public urgently desire to know the truth with respect to them, and very properly complain of spending large sums of money upon experimental machines which hitherto have been merely employed as bugbears to frighten our enemies and lull the British nation into false notions of security. We have monster iron. clads, and so have other Powers; but what are they good for without suitable guns ? It is important that the public should know that, in the event of the necessity arising for large ord nance like 300 and 600 /minders, a considerable period must elapse before they can be supplied. If the powers of endurance of the big guns are sti doubtful, who is responsible for the delay in the decision of this question ? It can hardly be attri buted to the responsible advisers of the War office in the matter of artillery—the Ordnance Select Committee, for they must clearly have reported in favour, at least, of the 300 pounder, as otherwise these guns would not have been formally intro- duced into the service. Is economy the cause ? I so, we may venture to suggest that, as the price o iron has risen considerably of late, the acres of ob. solete cast-iron guns at the Arsenal might now be disposed of with advantage. The uninstructed Englishman, in surveying this endless array of old and useless guns, may, perhaps, consider the scene as peculiarly impressive, and felicitate himself that his country possesses such inexhaustible stores of ordnance. No greater or more serious delusion can well be entertained. With the exception of the Armstrong field artillery, we are now without any recognised gun, and have none whatever of large calibre for army or navy. The experiments at Shoeburyness are very interesting, and would be valuable if they were anything but experiments. Bnt the important results which have been elimina ted there have been ignored in turn by both Admi- ralty and War-office, and at the end of four years' experimenting, and nearly two millions of money, we are still dawdling on at trials like that of Thurs day, when it is the plates which are tested, and not the gun which knocks them to pieces, and then rusts till John Brown sends up a stronger and a thicker plate, A plate sent up to Shosburiness one week is tried the next. The 300 pounders were sent there in May, 1862; the 600 pounder in April, 1863; and here in March, 1864, the Government state that they are not yet acquainted with their powers of endurance. Experiments at Shoeburyuess are very costly ; as far as acting upon their results are concerned, either in targets or guns, they seem ut- _ terly wort'hless. Both the Ordnance and the Iron plate Committee know this well, and, what is worse, know that they are powerless to remedy the evil. The Yankees' Tribute to Mr. Bright ! (From the Alta California, San Francisco, lan. 27.) The following was received by the United States Marshal yesterday, and the conditions were shortly afterwards communicated to Rubery, who signified his intention of proceeding by the first steamer to England, at the same time thanking the MArshal for ,his uniformly courteous demeanour towards him. He was then released : " Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, to all to whom these presents may come, greeting : Whereas one Alfred Rubery was convicted on or about the 12th day of October, 1863, in the circuit court of the United States for the district of California, of engaging in and giving aid and comfort to the existing rebel- lion against the Government of this country, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 10,000 dollars; and where• as the said Alfred Rubery is of the immature age of twenty years, and of highly respectable parentage; and whereas the said Alfred Rubery is a subject of Great Britain, and his pardon is desired by John Bright of England : "Now, therefore be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, these and divers other considerations me thereunto moving, and especially as a public mark of the es teem held by the United States of America for the high character and steady friendship of the said John Bright, do hereby grant a pardon to the said Alfred Rubery, the same to begin and take effect on the 20th day of January, 1864, on condition that he leave the country within thirty days from and after that date. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. " Dane at the City of Washington, this seventeenth day of December, A.D. 1863, and of the independence of the United States the eight•eighth. "By the President. " ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [L . a.] " Wm, H. SEWARD." Exeter Assizes.—A Scene in Court, - 11 - - - (From the Law Times of to-day, just published.) A " scene" occurred at the Exeter assizes on Friday. During the hearing of a case Mr. Carter, a barrister, made an observation which Mr. Baron Bramwell said the learned gentleman had no right to make. Carter—You have no right to interrupt in this way. His Lordship—l have the right, for yon are stating that which is incor rect. Carter--I have it on my n otes: His Lordship—Hear me out, sir, You, sir, kn ow that the only binding record of what a witness says is what appears on the judges notes, a n d 1 have not got it down. Carter (sharply)—Then you ought to have it down. His Lordship—lf you repeat that expression to ety yourself to d de tee sen d you out of court, sir. ICTairstie Lordship — rd Y sh o i u p_ are ße e b t a l v ib e o it. contly, or you shall be sent out. Carter—Your Lurdshi p bas no right to address me in this way. His Lordship—I have VA right and shall exer nig° it, very unpleasantly for you, perhaps. Carter—You may exercise the power ; but I don't know whether you have the right or not. I protest against being interrupted and addressed in this manner. His Lordship—Go on with your address, and conduct yoursalf properly. Carter then continued his address to the jury. 'TIM CITY MERCANTILE CLUB al 11 DINING HALL COMPANY (Limited). (Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1562.) Capital, £BO,OOO, in 8000 shares of £lO each. Deposit, per Share on application, and £1 on allotmer Should no allotment be made the deposit will be returnee. in full. BANKERS. The London and County Bank, Lombard-street Cite and Hanover-square. Messrs. 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THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPAIN. MADRID, March 18.—The Minister of Finan( is preparing a measure for discounting the bil given in payment of the national property. Ti money will be advanced by the Bank of Spain i co-operation with an English house. CAMTIRIDGE. et lb J. C. Hawkshaw, Trinity (bow) E. V. Pigott, Corpus H. Watson, Pembroke l2 4 W. W. Hawkins, St. John's R. A. Kinglake, Trinity G. Borthwink, Trinity F. Stevenson, Trinity . J. R. Selwyn, Trinity U. H. Archer, Corpus, (cox.) Hundreds have visited the locus in quo to witness their exertions. The Oxonians were a couple of days in advance of the Cantabs, and the following may be deemed a sum mary of their work :—They rose early and took walking exercises—had first what is termed a paddle, in their boat, and then took to exceedingly hard trials over the course against a picked crew of London watermen, who had to row all they possibly could to keep anything like pace with them. With the advance of training speculation gradually became more important and significant. From the com mencement of our observations several important changes have occurred in the betting. It opened at 6 to 4 on Oxford, advanced to 7 to 4 and 2 to 1, and then as the pretensions to equal merit on the part of the Cantabs were discussed, declined to 5 to 4, and sank in many cases to equal betting, but the result of the Oxonians' race against the picked watermen on Thursday immediately after the Cantabs' trial with them, irr3sistibly led to the conclusion that the Oxonians were the better crew, and in support of that view the betting in their favour again ranged upwards from 6 to 4t02t0 1. Throughout the whole of the fluctuations in the odds which wa have described, there were plenty of takers, and consequently very large sums of money, exceed ing the amount generally laid, depended upon the result. The distance was altered on this occasion in order to afford the whole of the steamboats an opportunity of being ranged in a line behind the competitors instead of lying in ambush at different points up the course and harrassing and impeding the rowers by their wash. The start was arranged to take place by the joint concurrence of the crews from barges moored nearly opposite Putney pier, the race being, as heretofore, from Putney to the ship at Mortlake, and it had been posit;vely declared that if any of the steam boat captains violated the conditions laid down the race should be deferred till the ebb. On Friday arrangements were made for the start .to take place at eleven o'clock, J. W. Chitty, Esq , Fellow of Easter College, Oxford, again undertaking the onerous office of umpire, and Mr. Edward Searle, of the firm of Messrs. Searle, the eminent boat builders, the duty of starter. The Oxford crew rowed in their old b - mit of last year, and the Cambridge in a new one, built expressly for the occasion by \fat Taylor, of New - castle, and the crows had received and accepted an invita tion to dine after the race with the Thames Subscription Club. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the race with his presence on board the " George Peabody," chartered by the Thames Subscription Club. His Royal High ness, who was accompanied by the Prince Gluckaburg, Gene ral Knellye, Colonel Keppel, and two others of his suite, embarked at Pimlico pier, whither he had been conveyed in a private carriage, and was received by the Hon. G, Den man, M.P., President of the Thames Subscription Club, N. I. Phellips, Vice, and Messrs. Walter, Draper, Bobes, Alderman Rose, and Mr. R. F. Smith, the Honorary Sec retary of the club. The august party were then conveyed to the head of the boat, where a portion of the bow had been specially roped off for their exclusive accommodation. During the whole of the 20 previous races the competitors have never been so honoured. The Prince of Wales who with his party appeared much gratified with the trial of skill and manhood, debarked on their return, after the race, them. at Hammersmith-bridge, wh ere t h e i r carr i ages awaited The competitors rose early and ate a good breakfast ; after which they had some slight exercise until shortly be . fore the necessary preparations to get into their boats. The various steamboat piers all up the river had been thronged witli gentlemen anxious to get on board the steamers—of which there were nearly twenty—to accompany the race, while at Putney everythi ng excitement. Betting was b r i sk at 6t04 on Oxfor d. The day s as just such an one as the best judges o f suc h betokened bustle, anxiety, and matters would have selected f or a University race. The w i nd was easterly, without bein g severe, and, being with the tide, the surface of the wate r was as smooth as a well- k ept bawling green. Oxford won the choice of station, and took the side near the Bishop of London's grounds; soon afterwards fol lowed by the Cambridge crew, indeed the latter were afloat first. The boat carrying the Prince of Wales and suite was next to the barge when the start was made, the umpire's boat, Citizen C, being close alongside. At a quarter to 12, and without any loss of time the start, was effected admirably. Both crews went off at a fine pace, Cambri ge with a slight lead, which was held for a few 4bleisntrgokveesry fine and very rapid in being male per minute. b s e e c t o h n d b s 0 , a t t h s e: r 4 o o w a i n n d g Directly after the start, the majestic sweep of the Oxford oars and the thorough-paced Oxford swing began to tell, and the boats were for a few seconds strictly level, the rowing, although amazing in pace, being remarkably clean; but it was obvious to those who were near, within two or three minutes of the time of starting, that the Oxonians were beginning to take a slight lead ; but so gal lant was the rowing of the Cambridge that it was not until their arrival near the Craven that the Oxonians got clear of them, and there had been in the doing of this much praise worthy and plucky labour on their part, for the Cambridge were a strong crew, and not easily to be denied. The dis. tance to Craven was done in 3 min. 35 secs., and after that the Oxonians gradually drew away, and the number of strokes per minute decreased to 37, and i n some cases to 36 strokes in the Cambridge boat, while the Oxonia ns were doing one more. At the Crabtree the Oxonians had increased their feed to two lengths, and the time was 4 min. 26 sec. In the shoot over to Hammer. smith-bridge the Caritas made a desperate spurt to en deavour to better their position, but failed, and the Oxonians passed through Hammersmith-bridge four lengths ahead. Time here was variously taken from 7 min. 40 see. to nearly 8 min., but the pressure and collisions here were so great that men wero looking to safety rather than time, and crew at after a moment's L'lortlake first, the royal party and umpire were .both shut o u t f rom any sight after this. The Oxonians went on mo v i ng , b an y d a arr d i o v z e e d n olpepnogstihtes. T the Ship heew rest turned and rowed back, accompanied by the illustrious visitors. The Prince of Wales repeatedly applauded both crews during the race, joining in the gene ral expression of congratulation upon their success, and showed the pleasure he experienced in the rowing on the return. The general company, upon descrying the royal ensign, recognised the Prince, and he was welcomed with hearty cheers, which he duly acknowledged, The fine occupied in the race by the winners was 22 min. 28 see. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills. 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Land and Finance, lira., 3s j Bombay Gas, limited, 51 Canada Company, 741 Commercial Union kinsurance), 91 * Contract Corporation. Rm., cl 7 Crystal Palace, 841 Discount Corporation, limited,:loi Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 5 Financial Corporation, 4; 5 * 5 Gen. Cia dit and Finance of London, Rm., SD 1 1 Hudson's Bay, 18 s 10 International Financial Society, 11; 12 llf 12 11; Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, Rm., 71 Joint •stock Discount, Rm., c g Land Securities, lira., 4/ London Financial Association, Rm., 26j ; Dit o, new, 15: Londu Provincial Marine, 3 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 21 Ditto (all), 21 National Steam Navigation, Rm., 5 4; Thames and Mersey Maxine (Insurance), Ha, 7 LITERATURE, The Magi, Agar, and Ismael, with other Poem , By I. M. E. B. One vol., pp. 63. Richardso and Son. Although there are bat nine brief poems makin, up the sixty-three pages of this little volume—te poems altogether if we count the rhythmical pre face as one—there is enough evidence of poet merit in these maiden effusions of I. M. E. B. I justify us in commending the work for such as it i and in looking forward (as we are fain to do) to tl. renewal of our acquaintance with the anonymou writer of the book through the medium of tom more matured compositions. Without one excep tion, the whole of the nine poems and the Prefac may be spoken of as of a distinctly religious charac ter. NATURE is regarded by the author but as medium through which to contemplate GOD. I this the writer sedulously acts upon the advice the Essayist on Man. If we remember rightly, is in " Festus" that Philip Bailey, by a darir figure of speech, talks of the cerulean:heavens abol us as—" the blue eye of God." To the author c The Magi, Agar and Ismael, with other Poems— is, if we might so express it, but as a sense throng which the Divine Being may appear more distinct' visible to the gaze Of the Soul. Ev e the second poem in the collection, the one relatie to " The Winds," comes under the category " religions poems." " The Magi" is, among all tl pieces here submitted to us, at once the most variot in metre and the most highly elaborated in i• design. The opening apostrophe of the Prefac, expresses in a few words the whole character of th book—in the manner following :- 0 I for a seraph's eloquence of praise, A cherub's love to swell my tepid lays An angel's ardour my weak song t' inflame, That I might spread abroad my Saviour's name? But I, small thing of nothing—what am I Who now presume to praise the Deity ; When all his wondrous works, ab3ve, below, Around, about, fail His great worth to show ? The foregoing verses not only express the charactc of the book, but the humble and reverent mind 0 the author of it. As a prelude to the songs e: praise and adoration the book contains, the. Prefac.. thus begun at once conciliates our approval. Legal Forms for Common Use : Being 200 Prece• dents. By James Walter Smith, E,q., LL.D. One Vol. Pp. 188. Effingham Wilson. Under a dozen distinct heads, the learned com piler of this very useful little guide-book to Legal Forms has cleverly and succinctly arranged hi.. two hundred precedents. He has, in so doing not contented himself with simply ar ranging them in something like symmetrica! order. He has combined the more delicate and responsible duties of collation with those fai more easily fulfilled of .mere compilation. He has accompanied his array of forms and illustrative precedents with terse introductions and the clearest explanatory notes. The structure and tendency o the whole book may be, perhaps, the most readily, as beyond all doubt it may be the most lucidly in. dicated by reference to the twelve headings put forth upon the very title-page. Negotiable Instru ments, first of all—a class of Forms of which the following, taken haphazard from the volume, may be cited as a sufficiently startling exemplar : BILL PAYABLE ON DEMAND OR AT SIGHT. £lOO Os. Od. London, Ist Nov., 1862. Oa demand or at sight], pay to me, or my order [or to G. H. or his order], One Hundred Pounds, value received. WILLIAM SHA.ESEERE. To Mr. Oliver Cromwell, No. 2, Fleet-street. Securities next. Then Receipts and Acknowledg. ments. Afterwards Partnership. Followed b; Master and Servant. The sixth division beinL: allotted to Landlord and Tenant. The seventh to Arbitration. Then County Court Forms. Then Conveyances. Succeeded in due course by Marriage Articles and Settlements, by Wills, and by forms of a miscellaneous character. Added to all vvhich, there is a Chapter on Stamps. As about tilt' readiest handbook to Legal Forms' ever published, we take this half-a-crown's worth of information t , . be really and truly rather difficult to appraise at it, just valuation. The Hand-Book of Astrology. By Zadkiel Tao Sze, Vol. IL, pp. 76. Cuusins, and Berger. Our old friend of the stars seems someh ow t c . grievances. The p rop h et i c almanac, have had a wid er c i rcu l at i on than i fl s o o u o r i d s e h r u s t p o o o n d h t i o s ever since the famous trial Caine off in the Court o: Queen's Bench before the Lord Chief Justice of England. As many as four thousand copies beyond the usual vast sale every year having already passtd overthe publishers' counter to the believing, or more probably we should say with the generality of purchasers, the Simply curious public. And here, .13 a more substantial expression of his reliance upon his auditory, we have the venerable Seer (now that he hes been himself seen by the public at large, in actual flesh and blood, standing in a witness-box in a court of law), we have the genuine original Zadkiel Teo Sze (with that wonderful little wriggling hieoroglyphic in the centre of his name like four flies' legs making a wheel), issuing from the press this second volume of his " Handbook of Astrology." In it, that 18 in this second-volume-extraordinary, Z Adkeil , readers will find the full, true, and particular account of The Doctrine of Nativities. An account, as the Saga himself announces upon his title page as "free et" (meaning, freed from) t 11 mystery." to which—though while we read we can According hardly believe our eyes that he should i so state it —" Every man may calculate hi s own Nati - vity," thereby learning his own Natural Cha- meter and Proper Destiny. Than which, wh at can a man want to know more about himself. yvcoth. crcavrov was never put forth surely in more this—as a bit of philosophical a p d ro v rn ic i e s , i ci n u g it g e u f i e s a e h s t io f: inits way, and very readily to However, here is the book pro be accomplished. inculcateished essin LIBERTY OF THE PRESS Ih ttbOrit to be established n Turkey. w